52 Weeks in Nature : Week 16

Fifty Two weeks in nature… a series of photos each week to show what our nature looks like. For those who are participating, thank you… it’s been amazing to see how different the seasons are from place to place… and how beautiful.

Week 16 / 52

The children and I agree that nature is so incredibly magnificent and that our ability to notice all these amazing little daily miracles is waiting inside us… we can choose to walk on past OR we can choose to stop, acknowledge and marvel at the genius all around us.

Our second poppy today… an orange beauty. This bee was working furiously collecting all the pollen he she possibly could… his her pollen sacks are FULL and look how he has pollen all over his body and his face too.

(note to those who didn’t know either, from Ida, a beekeeper in Kentucky : Donni, just so you will know…. that beautiful bee is probably a “she”….as it’s the girls who run the show! The guys, drones, are just around to mate with the queen so she can lay lots of eggs. The girls do all the work!… thanks Ida. I’ll look at worker bees in a different light from now on).

I hope you’ll participate in 52 Weeks in Nature and leave a link to your site in the comments below so that we can all seethe beauty you have found.

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Donni Webber is the mom behind the popular natural living Waldorf website and blog, The Magic Onions - where the magic of nature and the wonder of childhood collide to make each moment a precious gift. She is a photographer, writer, crafter, wife and mother of two inspiring young children. Her work has been featured in many popular publications, including HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens, Disney and Apartment Therapy.

Donni, just so you will know…. that beautiful bee is probably a “she”….as it’s the girls who run the show! The guys, drones, are just around to mate with the queen so she can lay lots of eggs. The girls do all the work!
~ Ida, a beekeeper in Kentucky